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Who Calls the Shots in Iran?

Power in Tehran now rests with the IRGC, as an incapacitated Mojtaba Khamenei and a...
Banner of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 14: A view of a banner featuring Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran continue on March 14, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami Anadolu Tehran Iran. Editorial use only. Please get in touch for any other usage. Copyright: x2026xAnadoluxFatemehxBahramix

Operation Roaring Lion – Scenarios and Policy Considerations

From Israel’s perspective, the preferred outcome is a new regional order, while U.S. disengagement represents...

Iran Between Internal Stability and External Pressure

This paper analyzes how Iran’s internal arena shapes regime decision-making during the war. The findings...
March 24, 2026, Iran, Iran: Iranian pro-government supporters wave national flags during a rally. Iran said it fired cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, according to a statement carried by state television, amid escalating conflict following strikes by Israel and the United States that have expanded tensions across the Middle East. Iran Iran - ZUMAi98_ 20260324_zih_i98_008 Copyright: xIranianxSupremexLeader SxOfficex

Doha’s Double Media Game

During the war, Qatar’s media networks have adopted narratives aligned with Iran while framing Israel...
Al Jazeera (illustration)

Are the Houthis More Ideological or More Pragmatic?

After staying out of the conflict for nearly a month, the Houthis’ limited strikes against...
Thousands of people in Yemen held a demonstration in support of Gaza SANAA, YEMEN - FEBRUARY 6: Thousands of people gather at Sebeen Square, controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi movement, to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza, chanting slogans against the United States and Israel, on February 6, in Sanaa, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud Anadolu Sanaa Yemen. Editorial use only. Please get in touch for any other usage. Copyright: x2026xAnadoluxMohammedxHamoudx

Taking Away Iran’s Tools of Extortion

With regime collapse uncertain, the campaign’s success hinges on a narrower aim: dismantling Iran’s capacity...
Unclassified View of U S Fighter Jets Targeting Iranian High Value Targets U S CENTRAL COMMAND UPI MAXPPP Unclassified view of Iranian fighter jets, mobile missile launchers, drones, and airbases, being targeted by U S fighter jets on Monday, March 2, 2026, the third day of joint U S Israeli airstrikes against Iran Photo via U S Central Command UPI UNITED STATES Copyright: xUPI MAXPPPxU.S.xCENTRALxCOMMANDx WAX2026030207_lg WAX2026030207xlg

From Agranat to October 7: Why Israel Needs an Independent National Intelligence Oversight Body

The erosion of internal red-team mechanisms and the persistence of groupthink demand a new model...
Israeli Forces Advancing During the Yom Kippur War, 1973

Islamabad’s Hour

Pakistan’s Mediation Efforts to Bring to End the War in the Middle East...
Pakistan’s Chief of Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir. Photo credit: IMAGO / Newscom World.

Operation Roaring Lion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Three weeks into the campaign, a clear strategy is taking shape: demolition of Iran’s nuclear,...
March 16, 2026, Undisclosed Location, Undisclosed Location: A U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System known as a HIMARS fires rockets in support of Operation Epic Fury against targets in Iran, March 2, 2026 at an Undisclosed Location. Undisclosed Location Undisclosed Location - ZUMAp138 20260316_zaa_p138_025 Copyright: xUsxArmy UsxArmyx

Influence Operations Disguised as Cyber Operations

The Handala Hacking Group as a Case Study of Iran’s Cyber Proxy Strategy During the...
Cyber illustration

Iran’s Mosaic Defense Faces Its Real Test

Shaped by the lessons of Iraq’s 2003 collapse, Tehran’s decentralized doctrine has kept the regime...
A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) holds an AK-45 rifle and stands guard outside a police facility that is destroyed during a U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 4, 2026.

New Delhi’s Strategic Caution on the Iran Crisis

While India’s opposition accuses Modi of abandoning the nation’s foundational foreign policy principles—notably through his...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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